Discover Wonderful Indonesia - Mentawai Islands ( The Surfers Paradise )

The Mentawai Islands are a chain of about seventy islands and islets off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Siberut at 4,030 square kilometres (1,556 square miles) is the largest of the islands. The other major islands are Sipura, North Pagai (Pagai Utara) and South Pagai (Pagai Selatan). The islands lie approximately 150 kilometres (93 miles) off the Sumatran coast, across the Mentawai Strait. The indigenous inhabitants of the islands are known as the Mentawai people. The Mentawai Islands have become a noted destination for surfing.

The Mentawai Islands offer the most consistent waves in the world, bar none. But it's not only surfing: The island of Siberut is home to indigenous tribes who you can visit.

Siberut Eco and Cultural tours which are very popular, where you can trek into the forest to meet the local people, learn about and participate in their way of life. It all adds up to a unique surfing and cultural experience found nowhere else on earth.